The sudden scream caught everyone's attention. A group of guests turned around and saw Chen Shanshan, disheveled, collapse onto the floor.
Such a scene inevitably aroused suspicion.
Naturally, Chen Yuanshan was extremely concerned. He quickly stepped forward, took off his suit jacket, and draped it over Chen Shanshan.
"Daughter, what happened?"
Chen Shanshan was in floods of tears. Her makeup was already streaked, and her body was still trembling slightly, as if she had encountered something terrifying.
As the hostess, even though Mrs. Qin didn't like Chen Shanshan, she still had to go over and ask.
"What's going on?"
Mrs. Qin looked Chen Shanshan up and down and frowned slightly.
Chen Shanshan kept shaking, and her eyes were a bit glazed. After a long time, she tremblingly raised her finger and pointed at Wen Sining standing beside.
Lu Luochen instinctively pulled his wife into his arms.
"Shanshan, what exactly happened?"
Hearing this, Chen Shanshan immediately broke down and cried loudly.
The situation was rather tricky.
"Someone, go over there and see what's going on exactly?"
Mrs. Qin always felt something was off, so she decided to send her people to verify.
"I... Help me..."
Chen Shanshan's words stopped the person in his tracks. Under everyone's gaze, she looked at Wen Sining with venom in her eyes.
"Cousin-in-law, why did you treat me like this?"
Hearing this unexpected accusation, Wen Sining couldn't help but frown.
"How did I treat you?"
"It's fine that you don't like me, but how could you leave me in such a place? It was so dark there, and I didn't know the way. I almost got molested by two hooligans. Cousin-in-law, do you really hate me that much?"
After saying that, Chen Shanshan directly threw herself into Chen Yuanshan's arms and wailed loudly, looking extremely aggrieved.
Chen Yuanshan was filled with anger and wished he could go up and teach Wen Sining a lesson.
The other guests, after hearing such words, no longer looked at Wen Sining as they did before. When sizing her up and down, there was inevitably a hint of contempt.
"Wen Sining, you could do such a thing. Shanshan is just a little girl. Even if she offended you somewhere, can't you just be more tolerant? If something really happened to her, I'll fight you."
Chen Yuanshan gritted his teeth as he spoke and almost rushed up.
Wen Sining was completely bewildered by such words.
"Chen Shanshan, it was you who said you didn't want me to stay in the room and drove me out. When did I lead you to a dark place? You probably took the wrong way because you didn't know the way."
Wen Sining originally didn't plan to argue with this woman.
But today was Mrs. Qin's occasion after all. If Mrs. Qin began to doubt Lu Luochen's ability because of this incident, then it would be her fault as his wife.
"Do you still want to argue? Can't you see what state Shanshan is in? How could a girl frame someone with such a thing? Lu Luochen, I'm your uncle, and this is your cousin. Are you just going to let your woman bully others like this?"
Chen Yuanshan tightly hugged Chen Shanshan. Father and daughter really looked rather pitiful.
The people around began to whisper to each other.
"Miss Chen is just a bit headstrong. She's an only child, so it's understandable. But what Mrs. Lu did is really wrong."
"Exactly. It's so dark. If something really happened, who could take the responsibility?"
"This is too much. Is this woman jealous of the relationship between the cousins?"
...
The guests were very straightforward in their remarks. As the conversation went on, the situation became a bit embarrassing.
Just as Lu Luochen was about to speak, Wen Sining beside him stopped him.
"Mrs. Qin, I really didn't do such a thing, so I don't think I need to explain anything to them. But today is your occasion after all. So if you allow it, I'd like Chen Shanshan to take us there in person."
Wen Sining looked calm and didn't take this matter to heart at all. After all, judging from Chen Shanshan's intelligence, she probably couldn't come up with a good plan.
"No, don't. I don't want to go there again. Dad, please don't let me go there. I'm really scared."
Hearing this, Chen Shanshan felt a bit guilty. She quickly burrowed into Chen Yuanshan's arms.
This pitiful look won her quite a bit of sympathy, and the accusations from the people around became more obvious.
Hearing those unpleasant words, Wen Sining had no doubts at all. She just walked up to Chen Shanshan.
"Shanshan, if there really were hooligans, you should arrest them so they won't harm others. Of course, if there weren't..."
"So what if there weren't? Who would stay at the scene after molesting someone? Wen Sining, stop being so unreasonable here. I've never seen a woman like you. The Lu family marrying you is really the worst luck in eight generations."
Chen Yuanshan was also heartbroken for his daughter, and his words became more and more out of line.
"Chen Yuanshan, it's not your place as an outsider to butt in on our Lu family's affairs."
How could Lu Luochen tolerate others accusing Wen Sining like this? As he spoke, he reached out and pulled her into his arms.
Seeing that the two opposing sides were about to fight, Mrs. Qin had to step forward to smooth things over.
"I think this is a good idea. If Miss Chen doesn't want to go, then we'll go and take a look first. After all, this matter involves the innocence of two ladies. There should always be a conclusion."
Since Mrs. Qin had spoken, the others naturally had nothing to say.
A group of people followed along. After all, everyone wanted to see who dared to be a hooligan at Mrs. Qin's banquet.
Although Chen Shanshan said she didn't want to go, she still came to that place in the end.
As soon as they walked out of the door, they saw it was pitch - black outside. They could faintly hear the voices of two drunkards.
"Are there really hooligans?"
Hearing this, Chen Yuanshan was immediately filled with anger.
He temporarily placed Chen Shanshan aside, rushed into the bushes, and dragged the two people out, then gave them a good beating.
In the darkness, everyone couldn't see clearly, but they could hear one scream after another.
"My goodness, there really are hooligans here."
"So what if they're hooligans? It's just bad drinking behavior. But some people, bullying a little girl, are really so mean - spirited."
After seeing it with their own eyes, everyone confirmed Wen Sining's guilt, and the whispering became more and more unrestrained.